Hanijane
female - 38 years, Melaka, Malaysia
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JOURNALISM
“Get out of the office, out of the house, out of the comfort zone and out to where real people lived real lives in the real world. Get them talking and listen to them, taking notes.” – quoted from Rehman Rashid’s Column in the NST, July 25 2007.
Being a good journalist, one should have that kind of attitude as stated above. I agreed with the columnist. Reporter should get out of the office and see things in a very different way. Everyone in the world is importance and you can create story based on anything that you saw along the way to your office or back home, in the train, or inside the mamak’s restaurant or even when cat and dog get together in the street. So much story you can create except only reporter who creative and had the ability, will deliver a magnificent story. If one can use this method, your story can be readable not only today but tomorrow and the day after. No limitation of time cause it is priceless.
Timeliness, proximity, prominence, consequence & human interest are the criteria that a reporter should have when writing a story. How to pursue reader is up to the story that you wrote.
Journalists in any part of this world could not possibly cover all the events in the world on a given day. Each reporter has different definition about what to cover and what is not. Furthermore it is also depending on what acquire by the organisation that belong to the newspaper. As a result, some events covered and others not? However as long as it will not reflect the government and readers, that news can be printed.
Example: When a dog bite a man! That is not news. But when a man bites a dog! That is news. News is something that will make readers interested to continually reading.
Usually, daily newspaper needs more news rather than weekly newspaper. However, though you had to rush there and than to grab a story, you should bare in mind what to report, who to quote and what angle to take. Especially when writing in the state newspaper? Reporters should know how to tackle and which angle is suitable to be highlighted.
The 5W 1H: who, what, where, when, why and how are the things that reporter should look into once writing the story. It will make your story more valuable because you had the exact information when it is published to the public or readers.
In a few years ahead, though all the news can be reached by clicking a button, but I still believed that readers still needs newspaper. Its feel different when one wake up in the morning without newspaper on one’s hand. A newspaper is a publication that contained news, information and advertising. Usually it is printed on a low-cost paper called newsprint. It may be general or special interest, most often published daily or weekly.
For the young reporter who still think that you had had did your best, you should change your attitude immediately. Go out and find the news. Doesn’t just waiting the news will fly to your office? Only you can decide what you think and you have the ability to take complete control over your life. So live life for the fullest -
ANOTHER STAGE OF SATISFACTION
Another stage of satisfaction
In our life, there are a few stages that we had to go through in order to achieve the victory that we desire. On that way to success, there are so many obstacles. That is understood. In every achievement, there must be somebody behind all the thick and thin. And I am very grateful to have my hubby behind all my success. In sports, you win some and lose some, and that is acceptable. However, if you lose all the time, then something must be wrong some where. Also goes in our life. So in order to get everything right, passionate and hard work is importance. These two aspects should have in your mind if you want to grasp the success.
When I first sent my proposal to write the Adli in fantasy a couple of months ago, I never imagined that the publisher will print my book within a short period. After the other side agreed and asked me to start writing my book, I felt so pleased. I think in about one month, I finished writing my first series. Seven month later, on January 2007, the first Adli in fantasy series (white monkey mission) come out and distributed to the market. I was also involved in choosing my illustrator by looking at a few illustrations that email to me by the editor in-charged. They are a few photos inside the book and I am satisfied with the illustration. It is cute and live.
Once, the publisher had proposed to publish the book in a form of NOMIK (novel and comic). However, I disagreed. Then they came out with a few illustrations to attract reader especially young readers to grab and read the book. I then continue writing the second series. On July 2007, the series of Adli in fantasy…breakthrough time tunnel has released. Alhamduliallah, at the same time, I received a phone call from the editor in-charged informed me that the Adli in fantasy…first series need to be reprinted sooner possible. What a surprise!
Thank you to Allah for given his blessing till I am what I am at this stage. Thank you to my husband and children.
Life is so unpredictable. -
Writing Process
Writers should look at many aspects when planning to write. What are the aspects?
Audience and purpose are the two most important aspects.
Who you are writing for and what you are trying to do influence every aspect of the writing task. Without this information to focus the task, you may have trouble getting started on the writing, or have trouble making decisions about what to include and what to leave out.
When you are writing a personal letter the audience is usually one person, often a person you know very well. In such a situation, words come easily, because audience and purpose are well-defined and familiar. Many real-world writing situations involve audiences that the writer must partially or wholly imagine. The ability to imagine different audiences and serve their various needs is an important measure of a writer's fluency.
How would the language and style be different? I’ll continue next blog.
Start writing now because time is too precious. The moment you start writing, you will feel the excitement and a new you will come out without you realize.
Have a nice day ahead. The future is too far to catch. So keep it up. The brighter day will shine you for a new life.
